Thursday, January 10, 2013

CHASING THE POINTS

We now have all the entry numbers for next week’s shows and
as predicted the Portland OR’s Rose City
Classic will have the lion’s share of the points.The Terrier Association Of Oregon will open
on Wednesday for the Tualatin Kennel Club and the Dog Fanciers Association Of
Oregon four all breed shows.The five
shows have a total entry of 10,000 dogs.We will be there and hope to find the first DOGS2WATCH of the season.We got lots of DOGGY BAG suggestions for
Portland, known for it’s street food and pub scene.However, the one that peaked our interest was
Salty’s on the Columbia River, which offers Dungeness Crab Mac ‘n’ Cheese. Sounds like our kind of comfort food.

Seaside Park, Ventura CA

The Mid-Atlantic offers up their own four day cluster, the
Snowbird Cluster, in West Friendship MD.The Annapolis Kennel Club and the Carroll Kennel Club shows follow the
five all breed shows underway in Fredericksburg VA this week, giving
Mid-Atlantic fanciers a close to home alternative to the mega shows elsewhere
in the US.In the Great Lakes region,
exhibitors will gather in Livonia MI for the Michigan Winter Dog Classic, four
shows hosted by the hometown Livonia Kennel Club and the Oakland County Kennel
Club.With 6700 dogs entered we expect
many of our top dogs to opt for Michigan in lieu of Oregon.

In SOCAL (Southern California) head for Seaside Park in
Ventura where the Channel City Kennel Club, the San Fernando Kennel Club, and
the Ventura County Dog Fanciers Association will set up for three days in this
week’s DRIVEBY spot.Here you can always
console yourself for not making the final by picnicking as you watch the sun
set in the Pacific.The rest of our
shows are of the traditional two day Saturday/Sunday variety.In the Mid-West it’s the Central Iowa Kennel
Club’s two in Des Moines IA, in Texas, it’s the Fort Bend Kennel Club’s duo in
Rosenberg TX, just southwest of Houston, and if you’re in the neighborhood, do spend
the weekend with the West Oahu Kennel Club in Ewa HI.

And if you are in Portland, look for yours truly and say
hello and tell me what you think about the dog game in general and how we can make
it better.

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The author has been attending dog shows as a spectator and exhibitor for over 45 years. He is a retired management consultant who has advised multiple organizations affiliated with the AKC and the Cat Fanciers Association on business management, long range planning, customer service, and legislative matters. After 25 years of living in the big cities of New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, he now resides in his hometown of Memphis, TN.

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